Oil & War How the Deadly Struggle for Fuel in World War II Meant Victory or Defeat, reprint edition

• Main Author: Goralski, Robert (auth)
• Other Authors: Freeburg, Russell W. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Quantico, VA Marine Corps University Press (MCUP) 2021
• Subjects: Theory of warfare & military science; World War II; resources; fuel shortages; global economy
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The world's economy runs on oil. People steal for it. Nations kill for it. To win a war, the victor must have enough oil to fuel their tanks, ships, and planes. One of the great untold stories of World War II is about the strategic decisions and combat for the control of enough oil so that the...